Arthur Williams Homestead, Feed Storage Shed

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Arthur Williams Homestead, Feed Storage Shed
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Nearest city Bradford, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°25′15″N91°27′50″W / 35.42083°N 91.46389°W / 35.42083; -91.46389 Coordinates: 35°25′15″N91°27′50″W / 35.42083°N 91.46389°W / 35.42083; -91.46389
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleBox construction
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001321 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1992

The Arthur Williams Homestead, Feed storage Shed is a historic farm outbuilding on Farwell Road, on the outskirts of Bradford, Arkansas. It is a 1+12-story structure, with a gable-roofed box frame structure at its center, flanked by frame shed-roof sections. The central portion was built c. 1915 as a residence, and about 1930 it was converted for use as a feed shed, with the shed additions added at that time. It is locally distinctive for the style of box frame construction in the central section, which is not commonly found in White County. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Arthur Williams Homestead, Feed Storage Shed". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-01.